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As Byatt observes in her new intro. to this volume, FitzGeralds 19th-century lyrical translation of Omar Khayyams Rubaiyat forever changed the landscape of English poetry. FitzGeralds own verse delicate & piercing, with a mixture of hedonism & melancholy adapted itself well to what he perceived to be Khayyams original intent: to revel in the pleasures of the moment, forsake the folly of attempting to control ones life, & disavow religious succor outright. In FitzGeralds hands the Persian poets brief, evocative verses some 800 years old at the time became a cohesive whole. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
As Byatt observes in her new intro. to this volume, FitzGeralds 19th-century lyrical translation of Omar Khayyams Rubaiyat forever changed the landscape of English poetry. FitzGeralds own verse delicate & piercing, with a mixture of hedonism & melancholy adapted itself well to what he perceived to be Khayyams original intent: to revel in the pleasures of the moment, forsake the folly of attempting to control ones life, & disavow religious succor outright. In FitzGeralds hands the Persian poets brief, evocative verses some 800 years old at the time became a cohesive whole. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
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ISBN-13: | 9783965440753 |
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Publisher: | Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing |
Publication date: | 11/30/2018 |
Sold by: | Bookwire |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 58 |
File size: | 263 KB |
Age Range: | 13 Years |
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